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random crap from the mouth of erik weibustWed, 02 Aug 2017 16:43:29 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.5This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use.Where to eat BBQ in Texashttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EriksHmm/~3/0GjzsuGTQE8/
http://erik.weibust.net/2017/08/02/where-to-eat-bbq-in-texas/#commentsWed, 02 Aug 2017 16:43:29 +0000http://erik.weibust.net/?p=4883Continue reading Where to eat BBQ in Texas]]>I love BBQ and so do most Texans. That’s why Texas Monthly publishes an annual list of the Top 50 BBQ joints in Texas. I always jump to read the article and see who made the list, which restaurants I’ve been too, and start thinking about how I can TRY ALL OF THEM!

I keep the Texas Monthly article bookmarked and try to remember to call it up while I’m traveling. One issue I have with our great big STATE is struggling to know every city (how the article lists the BBQ joints) and where they are in relation to other cities. My solution to this problem was to create a Google Map that lays them all out for me. Added benefit was playing with a new Google Maps feature I hadn’t used, building custom maps.

Feel free to use the map to plan your attack at conquering all 50. And don’t hesitate to leave a comment below on where I should be going for BBQ that is or isn’t covered on the list!

]]>http://erik.weibust.net/2017/08/02/where-to-eat-bbq-in-texas/feed/4http://erik.weibust.net/2017/08/02/where-to-eat-bbq-in-texas/My boys are now programmers… Proud Dadhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EriksHmm/~3/Z7AUssIjBSc/
http://erik.weibust.net/2014/06/07/my-boys-are-now-programmers-proud-dad/#respondSat, 07 Jun 2014 17:51:45 +0000http://erik.weibust.net/?p=4853Continue reading My boys are now programmers… Proud Dad]]>With summer coming (and now here) I wanted something to keep the boy’s brains working. Knowing it will take a lot to keep them from video games, the pool, and general tomfoolery I wanted to get them each a programming book that would engross them and keep them going well into the summer.

Deciding what to buy Zach was a tougher decision. Zach just finished 3rd grade and is much different than Noah. He’s not really into video games. He’s an unique / strange / awesome combination of bookworm and athlete. He absolutely loves reading and sports. Considering how much he likes reading, I wanted to get him something that would really be fun to read, and didn’t have to be read in front of a computer.

I decided on something from my second favorite tech book publisher, the people behind the Head First series. Their books do an amazing job of teaching all kinds of highly technical subjects (e.g., Java, C#, Physics, etc.). I got Zach a new edition of a book I read probably 10 years ago, Head First HTML and CSS.

So now having had their books for a couple days, Zach keeps showing me “websites” he’s built and Noah is becoming a cmd-line guru and learning Java. I’m proud of these boys and can’t wait to see what they’ve done by the end of the summer.

Noah and Zach showing off their new programming booksNoah is busy at work learning Java and having fun!
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http://erik.weibust.net/2014/06/04/test-driving-zsh/#commentsThu, 05 Jun 2014 04:32:45 +0000http://erik.weibust.net/?p=4844Continue reading Test Driving zsh]]>I have finally decided to give zsh a thorough review. I’ve been hearing about it for a couple years in and around tech user group meetings, technical conferences and from people I follow on Twitter. I guess the proverbial “straw that…” got me to take a hard look was when I moved from Cygwin to Babun (which you should do right now). This was how I expressed my opinion of Babun on Twitter. I obviously am liking it.

Christmas came early. I stumbled across Babun, a great replacement for Cygwin! New favorite windows shell! http://t.co/G4vLHDAZoR

While using Oh-My-Zsh, because I’m also using it while test-driving zsh, where do I make edits to shell defaults? I would assume I can just make edits to .zshrc? I’d like to add stuff like (set -o vi, alias vi=vim, etc.). Nothing to advanced, just some minor edits I need before I can even get comfortable with the shell.

Since I just mentioned an alias, where is the idiomatic place to add my personal aliases? I saw a handful added in the .zshrc as examples, I normally source a personal alias file from my .bashrc, is that common with zsh?

Most of my questions come from when I change/customize something in .oh-my-zsh/ over the zsh config files? I’m struggling with when I add to a oh-my-zsh theme over creating my own, or just making the changes in .zshrc

Thanks in advance for any help…

]]>http://erik.weibust.net/2014/06/04/test-driving-zsh/feed/2http://erik.weibust.net/2014/06/04/test-driving-zsh/Zach dared me to do thishttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EriksHmm/~3/V0dY3Tvq9jc/
http://erik.weibust.net/2014/05/31/zach-dared-me-to-do-this/#respondSat, 31 May 2014 14:44:48 +0000http://erik.weibust.net/?p=4840Continue reading Zach dared me to do this]]>My third grader (one week away from a 4th grader), Zach, has been talking about building a website. He was asking what he should call it, and various other questions. I told him to call it “Zach’s Website”. He said that doesn’t sound cool… I was like, hello, your dad’s site is called, Erik’s Hmm…, and I think that it’s a cool name.

Anyhow, that led to him wanting to see Erik’s Hmm… and then he asked how long it’s been since I updated it. That led to the shame of me showing him Dec, 2013. He wanted to know why so long. That led to questions and me being busy, etc., etc. And finally him wanting me to show him how to update it. Hence this post…

More to come as I talk about the two beginner programming books I got the boys (Noah finishing 5th grade and Zach finishing 3rd).

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http://erik.weibust.net/2013/12/06/which-version-of-groovy-am-i-using-with-this-grails-version/#commentsFri, 06 Dec 2013 22:21:43 +0000http://erik.weibust.net/?p=4827Continue reading Which version of Groovy am I using with this Grails version?]]>Two nights ago Jack Frosch gave a great summary of the new features in Grails 2.3 at the DFW Groovy – Grails User Group. At the end of the meeting somebody asked him what version of Groovy shipped with Grails 2.3. I could tell by the look on his face he wasn’t sure, so I came to the rescue.

Considering nobody else in the room could answer the question, I figured I would blog my answer. For starters, you have two easy options to get the version of Groovy used in your Grails distribution.

You can simply look at the Grails installation on your workstation. One of the benefits of Grails is that it ships with everything you need to build your webapp, including Groovy. Just drill down into the lib dir and look at the jar file.

Hey, Google, you should go ahead and crawl this one. Should be useful to others.

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http://erik.weibust.net/2013/01/10/reading-machine/#commentsFri, 11 Jan 2013 04:13:37 +0000http://erik.weibust.net/?p=4805Continue reading Reading Machine…]]>I’m not sure what’s gotten into me, but I’ve been reading a lot more books then I normally do. I normally read technical blog posts, articles, whitepapers and too much garbage from twitter. Occasionally, taking the time to read a tech book from cover-to-cover.

Anyhow, not only am I reading more, but I’ve also got stuck in the middle of multiple books at one time. The brain isn’t multi-threaded, and juggling these books all at once is a challenge but I’m having fun with it. Reading some in the morning before work (the Bible), audio book on the way to/from work (Defending the Free Market). And the others in the evenings.

Murach’s JavaScript and jQuery – The good people at Murach’s send me their new titles to review. I read just about everything they send. Sometimes they are a bit too basic, other times they are Microsoft technologies (not my tech stack), but they’re normally well written/edited and good reads. Just started the jQuery book. Review coming soon.

And just for grins, for those keeping score. Here are the books I’ve just recently finished:

The Racketeer – 1/8/13 – I read all of Grisham’s books. Each one makes me wish I was a lawyer.

Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot – 1/6/13 – Great book. Learned a ton about Kennedy. He made Bill Clinton look like a saint. Repeatedly cheated on his wife. Got a lot of people killed over his bad decisions in the Bay of Pigs, Cuba. Solid job getting us through the Cuban Missile Crisis… Lots of enemies.

]]>http://erik.weibust.net/2013/01/10/reading-machine/feed/1http://erik.weibust.net/2013/01/10/reading-machine/Testing Twitter Integrationhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EriksHmm/~3/XSzLMLlEiLY/
http://erik.weibust.net/2013/01/09/testing-twitter-integration/#respondThu, 10 Jan 2013 02:33:41 +0000http://erik.weibust.net/?p=1346Sorry for some good, old production testing… Trying to get my blog to tweet when I write a new blog post. I’ll further try my Selective Twitter hack for pushing a tweet into Facebook as a Status Update.
]]>http://erik.weibust.net/2013/01/09/testing-twitter-integration/feed/0http://erik.weibust.net/2013/01/09/testing-twitter-integration/Not making New Year’s Resolutions, but…http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EriksHmm/~3/AGLVFjjixR8/
http://erik.weibust.net/2013/01/06/not-making-new-years-resolutions-but/#commentsMon, 07 Jan 2013 02:58:46 +0000http://erik.weibust.net/?p=1334Continue reading Not making New Year’s Resolutions, but…]]>I am going to set some goals for the year.

The first thing I plan to do is cut another 10 pounds this year. Last year, with a very weak effort of eating/living the Paleo Diet I went from 210 down to 200 lbs. I figure with a bit more dedication I should be able to get down to 190 by end-of-year. If I don’t look better come December, please take some shots at me for being a bit pudgy.

Next up on the list is the generic, “Exercise more,” goal. I started working on this one on 12/30. I’m being a bit more serious on this one, getting a 2-day head-start. Anyhow, I’ve logged 5 workouts over an 8 day period. Some a bit easier than others, but this is a plan for the year, not an overnight crash-course in health.

The third personal goal is running a 10 K. Back in high school I ran the mile and 2-mile, among the other sports I did. I have run on and off since high school. And have run a few 10 milers, so a 10K isn’t a distance record for me. It’s a distance record since I was introduced to beer and rare steaks, and I’ve had a lot of both since I used to run a lot.

I began my training today by hauling-off and running a 5K around our neighborhood. I haven’t run a 5K in a few years. The longest distance I’ve jogged the last couple of years has been 2 miles. Anyhow, I took it really easy today and finished in 37 minutes (here is the proof).

Please feel free to keep me honest. Ask me if I’ve been exercising (I plan to do it before work a few days a week and once on the weekend). Ask how I’m progressing on the 10K. Ask if I’ve signed up for one (anyone interested?). And lastly, be nice about it, but ask if I’ve lost any weight.

]]>http://erik.weibust.net/2013/01/06/not-making-new-years-resolutions-but/feed/1http://erik.weibust.net/2013/01/06/not-making-new-years-resolutions-but/Dang You, Taunting Me Old Blog…http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EriksHmm/~3/ecpJrzH7Nsw/
http://erik.weibust.net/2012/04/27/dang-you-taunting-me-old-blog/#respondFri, 27 Apr 2012 21:34:03 +0000http://erik.weibust.net/?p=1327Continue reading Dang You, Taunting Me Old Blog…]]>I catch a good amount of crap from good friends about this old, dusty blog of mine. One guy in particular, not naming names, but he sits right next to me at work , likes to make fun of me when I say stuff like, “I need to write a blog post about that,” or even worse, “I am going to write a blog post about that” (because I never get around to it). For you history buffs, I’d like to brag that I “birthed” Erik’s Hmm… almost nine years ago with this gem of a post.

Anyhow, the reason I don’t write those posts that I want to, even plan to, is simple. It’s Twitter. I love Twitter. It lets me say what I want, quickly and easily. It forces me to be concise, 140 short characters, concise. Which is definitely one of my biggest struggles when trying to make a point. So Twitter is perfect for me. I can quickly say something, or retweet somebody else that has said what I want to say. I get my point “out there”. You know what I think, what stance I’m taking (Obama sucks, the Aggies will dominate the SEC, the Cubs are pathetic, Grails is the one web framework to rule them all, etc.). It’s why I went as far as posting my tweets on this blog. The tweets were replacing my posts so I wanted them here.

Well, the urge to blog has been too strong lately and the 140 char wall has been to limiting. I’m gonna try to be more regular here. However, I’m going to be raw and unpolished. I’m just gonna type an entry and publish. Plan on lots of grammar issues, misspellings, half-baked thoughts, but best of all you will get my hand-crafted, hot-sports opinions, which is why the four of you line up to read this.

]]>http://erik.weibust.net/2012/04/27/dang-you-taunting-me-old-blog/feed/0http://erik.weibust.net/2012/04/27/dang-you-taunting-me-old-blog/2012 NCAA Tourney Picks… Family Stylehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EriksHmm/~3/kpkQOp1U4QU/
http://erik.weibust.net/2012/03/15/2012-ncaa-tourney-picks-family-style/#respondThu, 15 Mar 2012 21:14:11 +0000http://erik.weibust.net/?p=1305Continue reading 2012 NCAA Tourney Picks… Family Style]]>Well, it’s one of my favorite times of the year… March Madness. I’m on a 20+ year streak of sitting on my couch for the Thursday Tourney Tip-off. If you are a past high-school or college teacher…. I’m sorry, I wasn’t sick. If you are a past boss…. I’m sorry, I wasn’t sick…… However, if you are my current boss…. I am home sick with a terrible stomach bug. You don’t want to catch this. Just kidding… I’ve actually taken the day off and am enjoying the action.

So this is the first year I’ve included my boys in the fun of filling out brackets. I took the time to explain the four regions, and how they are like four mini-tournaments. We talked about how all won-loss records aren’t equal, as some teams play in easier conferences. And we talked about each teams seed, and how normally the higher seed wins. You would think with that “crash course” in bracketology the boys would have filled in their brackets in a logical way. Nope… Here is what the they went with.